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| June 30 |
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| Millions of people have witnessed a total eclipse of the sun as the moon cast its shadow from America through Europe and on to Asia. |
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| June 29 |
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| Maria Estela Isabel Martinez de Peron has been sworn in as interim leader of the Argentine Republic. |
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| June 28 |
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| Margaret Thatcher is to give up her seat in the House of Commons at the general election. |
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| June 27 |
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| The link between smoking and lung cancer is one of 'direct cause and effect', a special report by the Medical Research Council has found. |
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| June 23 |
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| Pope John Paul II has held a private meeting with Lech Walesa, the founder and leader of Solidarity, Poland's independent trade union movement. |
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| June 22 |
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| German forces have invaded the Soviet Union. |
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| June 21 |
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| Diana, Princess of Wales, has given birth to a boy sixteen hours after checking in to St Mary's Hospital, in London. |
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| June 20 |
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| British Chancellor John Major is proposing a new European currency which would circulate alongside existing national currencies. |
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| June 17 |
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| The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland has died suddenly at his Glasgow home. |
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| June 14 |
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| Hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers face flight delays and cancellations after pilots threatened to strike over hijack fears. |
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| June 13 |
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| A 17-year-old man has been arrested for shooting a replica gun at the Queen as she rode past crowds on horseback. |
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| June 10 |
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| Fighting in the Middle East has ended after Israel finally observed the UN ceasefire and halted her advance into Syria. |
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| June 9 |
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| Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party has won a landslide second term election victory, taking 397 seats to Labour's 209. |
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| June 8 |
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| Three days after falling prey to an assassin in California, Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. |
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| June 7 |
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| On June 7, 1942, the Battle of Midway--one of the most decisive U.S. victories in its war against Japan--comes to an end. |
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| June 3 |
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| On June 3, 1965, astronaut Edward White became the first American to “walk” in space, during the flight of Gemini 4. |
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| June 2 |
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| On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II is formally crowned monarch of the United Kingdom in a lavish ceremony steeped in traditions that date back a millennium. |
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| June 1 |
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| On June 1, 1968, Helen Keller dies in Westport, Connecticut, at the age of 87. |
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| June 11 |
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| Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been celebrating her third general election win after beating Labour by 376 to 229 seats. |
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| June 4 |
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| On this day, the last Allied troops in Europe evacuate Dunkirk as the Germans arrive. |
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| June 26 |
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| The US President, John F Kennedy, has made a ground-breaking speech in Berlin offering American solidarity to the citizens of West Germany. |
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| June 25 |
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| The United States has launched its latest plan to bring peace to the Middle East. |
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| June 24 |
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| America's first woman in space has returned safely to Earth in the Challenger space shuttle after a successful six-day flight. |
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| June 19 |
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| Fast food chain McDonald's has won a partial victory in its epic libel trial against two environmental campaigners. |
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| June 18 |
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| United States President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev have signed Salt II, the first arms-reduction treaty between the two super powers. |
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| June 16 |
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| A controversial new book about the Princess of Wales claims she attempted suicide on several occasions over the last decade, and portrays her as a deeply depressed and unstable character. |
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| June 15 |
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| Opposition is growing to Education Secretary Margaret Thatcher's plans to end free school milk for children over the age of seven. |
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| June 12 |
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| Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has been barred from holding office for six years after she was found guilty of electoral corruption. |
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| June 5 |
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| On June 5, 1963, British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns his post following revelations that he had lied to the House of Commons about his sexual affair Christine Keeler. |
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| May 31 |
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| Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice, has left the chart-topping Spice Girls band. |
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